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Parkinson's Disease (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Therapeutic Interventions

June 24 - 25, 2017
Chairs Briana R. De Miranda and Meghan L. Bucher
Grand Summit Hotel at Sunday River
97 Summit Road
Newry, Maine, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon Research Seminar on Parkinson's Disease is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The 2017 Parkinson's Disease Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will be the first Gordon meeting designed specifically for trainees studying Parkinson's disease, composed of a two-day meeting incorporating Graduate Student and Postdoc presentations with experts in the field. In addition to trainee platform and poster presentations, the 2017 GRS will include a special presentation from an individual living with Parkinson's disease, and a career panel encompassing multiple sectors of the PD field (academia, industry, granting agencies, scientific journals, foundations). The scientific focus of this meeting will encompass pathological mechanisms of PD, therapeutic interventions, and novel methods in disease detection and remediation.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Parkinson's Disease" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Modeling and Treating Parkinson's Disease Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Discussion Leader: Andrew Singleton (National Institutes of Health, USA)
3:45 pm - 4:20 pm
Lorenz Studer (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA)
"Modeling and Treating Parkinson's Disease Using Human Pluripotent Stem Cells"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Molecular Mechanisms in Parkinson's Disease
Discussion Leader: Briana De Miranda (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
Valerie Joers (Emory University, USA)
"Modulation of Inflammation via Cannabinoid Type 2 Receptors to Protect Against Alpha-Synuclein-Induced Neuroinflammation"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm
Stefano Cataldi (Centre for Applied Neurogenetics, Canada)
"Characterization of the VPS35 p.D620N Knock-In Mouse Model of Parkinson's Disease"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm
Nora Bengoa-Vergniory (Oxford Parkinson's Disease Center, United Kingdom)
"Mass-Spectrometry Approach Highlights REST as a Potential Neuroprotective Target for Parkinson's disease in an Alpha Synuclein Overexpressing BAC-Transgenic Mouse Model"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm
Gelareh Alam (Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA)
"Tyrosine Hydroxylase Decrease Independent of Neuronal Loss Following Toxin-Induced Animal Models of Parkinson's Disease"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Parkinson's Disease in the Clinic
Discussion Leader: J. Timothy Greenamyre (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
9:00 am - 9:20 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader: Clinical Diagnosis and Presentation of Parkinson's Disease
9:20 am - 9:45 am
Nicole LaBolle (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Living with Parkinson's Disease"
9:45 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:25 am
Karl Heilbron (23andMe, USA)
"Traits Associated with Parkinson's Disease in a Large and Deeply Phenotyped Cohort"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:55 am
Katherine Strynatka (Dalhousie University, Canada)
"Identifying Small Molecule Inhibitors of ArfGAP1 Toward a Potential Treatment for LRRK2 Mediated Parkinson's Disease"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Catalyzing a New Career
Crafting high impact manuscripts to propel your career trajectory; inside and outside of academia.
Discussion Leader: Meghan Bucher (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm
Orla Smith (Science Translational Medicine, AAAS, USA)
"Breaching Barriers in Scientific Publishing"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Expanding the Approach of Career Development
  • Brian Fiske (The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, USA)
  • Ian Reynolds (Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, USA)
  • Beth-Anne Sieber (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, USA)
  • Malu Tansey (Emory University, USA)
  • Orla Smith (Science Translational Medicine, AAAS, USA)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes

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